THE WALL OF FACES

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic the circumstances of your passing are especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

On the remembrance of your 73rd birthday, and during the Christmas holiday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

DEAR CORPORAL BEASLEY,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A PIONEER, IT IS STILL THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU. IT IS NEW YEAR, WHICH MAKES IT FAR TOO LONG FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE.

PFC Merrill V. Beasley Jr. was assigned to A Battery, 1st Battalion, 8th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, his military occupation specialty labeling him a “pioneer,” a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. On February 1, 1967, he was killed in an explosion in his quarters. An investigation into the incident resulted in PVT Larry L. Hart confessing that he had booby-trapped the door of the troop billet for a “thrill.” PFC Beasley was the victim. Hart claimed that he didn’t target him and only knew Beasley by sight, having been in the company for just three days when he committed the crime. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and the book Fragging by George Lepre]